After China, India is in the second position to send maximum number of students to educational institutions in the US, according to an Indian Express report. Jamie Dragon, US Consulate General, Public Affairs Officer and Director of the AmericanCenter, while speaking on the sidelines of the USIEF-Education USA University Fair 2017, organized by the US-India Educational Foundation in recently.

Second Highest

Citing research data, the official said that India stood second behind China in terms of sending maximum number of candidates for studies. Quoting the previous year's statistics, Dragon said that there were around 166,000 Indian students studying in the US while China has an estimated 320,000 students. China surpassed India about six years ago and the gap (between the number of Indian and Chinese students going to the US) is increasing, quoting Dragon, the report pointed out.

Kolkata Lagging Behind

Stating that Kolkata was lagging behind other metros in terms of sending students to US institutions for higher studies, the official said. “I do not have actual statistics on Kolkata students. But just looking at the size of the visa offices in the country, Kolkata has one of the smaller offices. My sense is that the domain in Kolkata is not that high compared to other metros,” Dragon was quoted as saying.

Strong Participation of US Varsities

Twenty one varsities from the US participated in the fair and interacted with over 100 undergraduate, graduate and school students from Kolkata alone. Representatives of one of the participating institutes also shared the same view.

“Engineering and business are the two most popular subjects among foreign students at our institute. We have about 4,500 international students. Every year we get about 500 to 600 fresh international students. China is number one and India is number two in terms of sending foreign students to our institute,” Katherine Mangum, coordinator of international recruitment for IowaStateUniversity was quoted as saying by the report.

Click here for more education details - MBA, Distance Education, Study Abroad, Fashion Design, Engineering,Education news, College Admissions, after 12th, The USIEF-Education USA University Fair 2017 was organized to help city students get information about accredited US universities. The fair was also held in other cities such as Hyderabad, followed by day-long sessions in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Ahmedabad. It has been held in New Delhi as well.

EducationUSA India's the annual fairs and school visited India from October 27 to November 10, 2017. The fairs were held across seven major Indian cities where a large number of students aspire to study in the US. In addition to these fairs, the EducationUSA team offered guided visits to schools and higher education institutions at all seven cities in India for registered fair participants.

It was a great opportunity to interact with a large and diverse set of students interested in US higher education, said the report.

Fairs are scheduled in October and November when most of the students were in the process of making their final shortlist and getting ready to submit their applications for 2018. What is more, October is the perfect time to visit schools and colleges across India as the mid-year exams are over and educational institutions are enthusiastic about hosting US universities.

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